 Happy BIRTHDAY, old girl!
Our locomotive 50 3570-4 has turned 80 years old.
It was built in 1942 by Henschel in Kassel and delivered to the Deutsche Reichsbahn on 21 May 1942 as 50 2308.
In 1959, the locomotive received a new boiler with a mixing preheater, a new induced draught system and a larger heating surface as part of the reconstruction programme of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (GDR). This gave the engine more power.
The Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Stendal took over this reconstruction and from then on it bore the number 50 3570 and was now a Reko 50.
In 1970, due to the introduction of the EDP designation, the locomotive was renamed 50 3570-4.
From 1983, it ran services for the Wittenberge depot, was decommissioned in 1987 and retired in 1993.
It was bought in 1993 by Herrman Wiebe, a track-laying contractor and railway enthusiast, and underwent a visual overhaul.
In 2003, it was handed over to the Dampflokfreunde Salzwedel, and the club gradually restored it to working order.
Since 2009, the locomotive has been in working order again and can be seen by our guests and photo enthusiasts, despite its advanced age.
When the Dampflokfreunde Salzwedel moved into the museum in Wittenberge in 2012, the Reko 50 also came home again.
One of our locomotive drivers gave her a dignified wreath for her 80th birthday.
All the best and have a good trip!
vehicle: 50 3570-4 |
